Lead Adversarial AI Engineer

The MITRE Corporation • Fort Meade, MD

3d • $174,000 - $261,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

MITRE’s Trustworthy & Secure AI (TSAI) Department consists of a diverse team united by a passion and a sense of urgency to harness trustworthy and assured artificial intelligence (AI) to help solve problems in the public interest. The TSAI Department supports our sponsors' missions by delivering capabilities for securing and increasing trust in AI-enabled systems, including data driven AI risk awareness and mitigation, AI red teaming, and trusted tools and techniques for applying AI in high consequence environments. The TSAI Department works across government, industry, and academia to provide, assess, and shape trustworthy and secure AI systems to address complex mission needs for our sponsors. Our work provides opportunities to address real-world challenges in the rapidly developing field of AI assurance, and to research and prototype new methods to address mission needs. We are looking for highly motivated, adaptive, and self-directed candidates to perform research, development, engineering, evaluation, and integration of secure AI systems.

Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of experience in artificial intelligence with a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of AI-related education and work experience.
• Advanced understanding of foundational AI/ML theory, with demonstrated ability to reason about AI system behavior, vulnerabilities, and evaluation
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following technical areas: agentic AI, deep reinforcement learning, computer vision, generative AI
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following AI security topics: AI red teaming, AI T&E, adversarial AI, AI-enhanced cybersecurity, AI strategy and governance
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and models such as MITRE ATT&CK
• Ability to translate technical AI and cyber concepts into operationally relevant insights, recommendations, and actions for mission stakeholders
• Proven ability to lead interdisciplinary teams and engage senior mission stakeholders across technical and operational domains
• Active IC or DOD TS/SCI security clearance
• Ability and willingness to successfully complete a full-scope polygraph within 12 months from the date of hire
• U.S. Citizen to be considered for a security clearance
• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, or related disciplines
• Track record of successful deployment of AI/ML systems or components that have been used by customers or stakeholders outside of a lab/experimental setting
• Demonstrated experience in offensive and/or defensive cyber operations, including the ability to understand adversary behavior, identify vulnerabilities, develop response options, and support mission-relevant cyber activities
• Knowledge of military cyber operations, including an understanding of how cyber capabilities are applied in support of operational objectives
• Experience generating or analyzing intelligence reporting data
• Active IC or DOD TS/SCI security clearance with FS poly

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on cross-functional teams performing AI adversarial threat analysis to identify and characterize vulnerabilities in real-world national security systems
• Work across military and intelligence community sponsors to understand shared needs and technologies
• Provide thought leadership supporting the innovation of new AI capabilities applied to cyber operational challenges
• Convey complex ideas to non-technical audiences through briefings and/or white papers
• Lead, mentor, and collaborate with technical staff

Benefits

• competitive benefits
• exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth
• culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior